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百度文库-让每个人平等地提升自我1PartOne：EnglishPoetryShakespeareSonnet18•Whydoesthepoetcompare`thee`toasummer’sday?Andwhocould`thee`be?Becausesummer’sdayandtheebothrepresentbeauty.theecouldbebeauty,love.•WhatpicturehaveyougotofEnglishsummer,andcouldyouexplainwhy?Warm,beautiful,sunshine.Becausesummeristhebestseasonofayear,themostbeautifulseason.ItislikeourMay.•Howdoesthepoetanswerthequestionheputsforthinthefirstline?Theeismorebeautifulthansummer.•Whatmakesthepoetthinkthat“thou”canbemorefairthansummerandimmortal?Becausehumanismismoreeternalthansummerandimmortal.•Whatfiguresofspeechareusedinthispoem?Simile,metaphor,personification,oxymoronandsoon.•Whatisthethemeofthepoem?Loveconquersall,Beautyliveson.2.ThomasNasheSpring•Readthepoemcarefully,payattentiontothoseimage-bearingwords,andseehowmanyimagesthepoetcreatedinthepoemandwhatsenseimpressionsyoucangetfromthoseimages.Thereis“Bloomseachthing,maidsdanceinaring,theprettybirdsdosing,thepalmandmaymakecountryhousesgay,Lambsfrisk'andplay,theshepherdspipeallday,Andwehearayebirdstunethismerrylay,Thefieldsbreathesweet,thedaisieskissourfeet,Youngloversmeet,oldwivesa-sunningsit,Ineverystreetthesetunesburearsdogreet!”The“Youngloversmeet,oldwivesa-sunningsit，”impressionsmemostbecauseoftheharmonyofthepeople’srelationship.•Canyoupointoutandexplainthesoundandtheirmusicaleffectinthepoem?InthePoem,eachsectionhasfourlines,eachlinehastensyllables(fivetonestep).Inordertogivethereaderaspringbreeze,streams,flowers,winding,SongXintextureofsoundandlightflavor,NaixigreaterusesEnglishwordS,z,f,V,R,L,andθconsonantsmeans.InNaixi'spoem,theuseofphonologicalisalsoveryharmonious,verysmooth,verymellow.SectionIofthepoetryhasThreepairs[ing],sectionIIofthepoemhasthreepairs[ei]andthethirdquarterhasthreepairs[i:].DonneAValediction:ForbiddingMourning•Whatisa“valediction”anyway?Isthespeakerinthepoemabouttodie?Whydoesthespeakerforbidmourning?No,itisaboutthelovers’separation.Asthepoemmetaphors,thepoetbelievedheandhiswife’sloveissacred,hedidn’thopetheycrywhenseparationcomes,lettheirlovebestainedbytheordinaryandmundane.百度文库-让每个人平等地提升自我2•2.Explainthemetaphorsinthepoem.Inthefirstverse,thepoetusedvirtuousmen’sdeathmetaphorforlovers’separation,inthethirdverseheused“movingoftheearth”and“trepidationofthespheres”metaphorforlovers’separationandtheresultofseparation,inthelastthreeverseheusedstifftwincompasses’twolegsmetaphorforpoethimselfandhiswife.Allthesemetaphorsshowpoetopinionthathewillseparatefromhiswifeinpeace,theirloveisascaredlove,whentheyawayfromeachother,theywillnotbehurtbythepainoftheseparation.Heandhiswifewillnotreallyseparate.Theycareabouteachotherandlistentotheotherone’sheart,theirtrustandloyaltymakestheirloveperfectlikethecirclemadebyatwincompasses.BlakeTheTiger•Whatisthesymbolicmeaningofthetiger?ThesymboloftheTigerisunclearwhatitexactlysymbolizes,butscholarshavehypothesizedthattheTigercouldbeinspiration,thedivine,artisticcreation,history,thesublime,orvisionitself.Thelistisalmostinfinite.Thepointis,theTigerisimportant,andBlake’spoembarelylimitsthepossibilities.Herearetwomajorsymbolisms:ThetigeristheembodimentofGod'spowerincreation.ThetigershowstheforceofFrenchRevolution.•Whatparadoxcanyoufindinthepoem?DidhewhomadetheLambmakethee?Itchallengestheone-trackreligiousviewsofthe18’scentury.Theviewonlyconcludedthatgodcreatethelame,heissokindafather.Butitdidn’tknowgodalsocreatethetoughtiger.Hecanalsobeveryserious.Thegodissomeonewhocan’tbetrulyunderstoodbyhumanbeings.BurnsARed,RedRose•Howdosethenarratorinthelovesongexpresshislove?Instanza1,thenarratorpresentstwosimiles,thefirstcomparinghislovetoaroseandthesecondcomparinghislovetoamelody.Instanza2,thenarratoraddressestheyoungladyasbonnie.Inthelastlineofthestanza,hepresentshyperbole,afigureofspeechthatexaggerates.Instanza3,themanpromiseseternalloveforher.Instanza4,thepoetvowstoloveherhoweverfarhemaygo.•Whyisthispoemsotouchingtothereaders?Becausethispoemprofessesthepoet’strueloveforhisbelovedgirl,andusesthementionedabovetotouchthereaders.WordsworthIWanderedLonelyasaCloud•Whatdoesthepoetsee?Heseessomedaffodils.•Whatisthepoet’smoodbeforeheseesthedaffodils?Vacantandpensive.•Whatisthepoet’smoodafterheseesthedaffodils?Heisverypleasant.百度文库-让每个人平等地提升自我3•Howdoesthemagicalchangeoccur?Thosedaffodilsshowafantasticpicturetothepoet,andthepoethasbeendeeplyaffectedbythescene,andhismoodchanges.•Whatisthethemeofthepoem?Orwhatdoesthepoetwanttotellyou?Itshowsthebeautyofnature,andthenature’sbeautyupliftsthehumanspirit,andtheharmonybetweenhumanandnature.BrowningMyLastDuchess•1.Inthispoem,whoandonwhatoccasionisspeakingtowhom?TheDukeisthespeakerofthepoem,andtellsusheisentertaininganemissarywhohascometonegotiatetheDuke’smarriage(hehasrecentlybeenwidowed)tothedaughterofanotherpowerfulfamily.•WhatsortofpersonistheDuke’slastDuchess?Sheiskind,easy-going,innocentandlively.•Andwhatbecameofherintheend?Shebecameveryupsetandworrying.TheduchessdiedundersuspiciouscircumstancesonApril21,1561,justtwoyearsafterhemarriedher.Shemayhavebeenpoisoned.•2.WhatsortofpersonistheDuke?Heisoutrageouslyarrogant,narrow-minded,s